Hereditary hemochromatosis: Detection of C282Y and H63D mutations in HFE gene by means of Guthrie cards in population of Czech Republic

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 260-263

  Cimburova, Marketa ^a   Putova, Ivana ^a   Provaznikova, Hana ^a   Horak, Jiri ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; C282Y mutation; Guthrie cards; H63D mutation; Hemochromatosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; C282Y GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; EUROPE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; H63D GENE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HFE GENE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE;

ALLELES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEONATAL SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036792803     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.10201     Document Type: Article

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